Given limitations in the amount of visual information that a person can simultaneously
process through to conscious perception, selective visual attention is necessary. Visual …

This article reviews methods to investigate joint attention and highlights the benefits of new
methodological approaches that make use of the most recent technological developments …

As the field of social robotics has been dynamically growing and expanding over various
areas of research and application, in which robots can be of assistance and companionship …

Robots are currently the center of attention in various fields of research because of their
potential use as assistants for daily living. In this article, I highlight a different role that robots …

This paper reports a study where we examined how a humanoid robot was evaluated by
users, dependent on established eye contact. In two experiments, the robot was …

Joint attention is a pivotal mechanism underlying human ability to interact with one another.
The fundamental nature of joint attention in the context of social cognition has led …

There is an increased interest in using social robots to assist older adults during their daily
life activities. As social robots are designed to interact with older users, it becomes relevant …

Eye contact established by a human partner has been shown to affect various cognitive
processes of the receiver. However, little is known about humans' responses to eye contact …

Humans interpret and predict others' behaviors by ascribing intentions or beliefs, or in other
words, by adopting the intentional stance. Since artificial agents are increasingly populating …

The present study aims at investigating how eye contact established by a humanoid robot
affects engagement in human-robot interaction (HRI). To this end, we combined explicit …